Post by scottoasis on May 19, 2021 22:59:40 GMT -5
(Our scene begins as we see Scott Oasis in an environment that is unusual compared to what we normally see: a local high school gym in the midst of a wrestling class. Scott is in a red and green tracksuit - the latest BOB x Gucci collaboration - standing on the sidelines of the gym with a pen in one hand, a clipboard in the other and a whistle around his neck. Scott is looking out at the wide court which is full of wrestling mats with several pairs of young men performing exhibition bouts. One of the boys turns to Oasis and calls out.)
Kid #1: Sir, why are we doing this? I thought this was meant to be The Big Drip fan club --
Scott Oasis: If you’re a fan of Big Drip then you’re a fan of the new wave of wrestling I’m leading! You care about the future of my profession! You want to see exciting, entertaining, QUALITY wrestlers. You know who else is getting lessons like these? TJ THOMPSON! YUNG SAUCE! PETEY!
Kid #2: (mutters) I doubt it…..
Scott Oasis: And they all have next in this business, I tell ya!
(The entire class is showing their abilities for Scott while he watches intently. Scott walks down the side length of the court, doing a review of each individual match and taking glancing looks at his papers to scribble down notes. As Scott gets to the end of the court and has fully looked over all of the exhibitions, he shakes his head to himself in disapproval.)
Scott Oasis: No, no, no. This is no good.
(Scott lifts the whistle to his lips and sounds off, instantly catching the attention of all his students. His boys all let out expressions of concern and then straighten up, running to him into a huddle.)
Scott Oasis: Gather around boys, gather around.
(The kids are all standing in front of Scott as he pauses for a beat, letting his disappointment speak through his body language.)
Scott Oasis: You know how I feel about people BS’ing their way through drills, especially when they can do so much better.
Kid #1: We were all doing what you said, Mr. Oasis!
Kid #2: I tried my best out there!
Kid #3: We ALL did!
Scott Oasis: False on both ends! I watched it with my own two, experienced eyes! What was going on before me was a disgrace to each and every single one of those mats! You boys were gassing out! Working sloppy! Holding back on aggression! None of you were truly competing to win! None of you were giving it one hundred ten percent! I WAS NOT SEEING THE COMMITMENT! Damn it boys, have you all learned NOTHING under me!? Is this what you’re going to give me when I’m taking time out of my day to help you young bucks; a piss poor performance? The poor sap who has to take this role after me is going to be coming in and seeing a bunch of soft, sorry sacks of mush that refuse to make anything of themselves! Spending their time on horseplay and fluttering around like a gaggle of girls instead of sitting under the tree of knowledge and honing their craft!
Kid #4: It’s not that serious, Mr. Oasis --
Scott Oasis: COACH! Scott! I ain’t one of those pencil neck teachers in your computer classes or a jackass doing business in Wall Street. Address me how you would in an athletic space! An athletic space that, YES, is that serious BOY! Sports are the backbone of this country, and wrestling is one of the biggest examples as to why that’s so! The oldest form of competition in the world! The ultimate test to see who you are as a man! A test in perseverance, stamina, strategizing and pure will! I’m talking about something that showcases humanity at its apex, with people in peak physical condition and incredible condition - GLADIATORS - battling in front of a crowd with pride and honor on the line! Wrestling is a world that invites hypercompetitiveness and rewards excellence! Your reputation grows with each step towards improvement! The crowds cheer a little bit louder every time you come out in front of them to fight your heart out! When you Emmanuelle your gear and accept a match you are stepping up for an opportunity to build your long lasting legacy. People don't forget the game winners. They also will never stop speaking about ‘em when they perform memorably, going beyond simply trying to win. You become a permanent topic of water cooler talk when you set the standard and show your peers how it is Emmanuellee. When you put your mind to something, train your ass off and cement yourself as the best with nothing but pure work ethic. I want you to enjoy yourselves, but also want you to be PASSIONATE!
(Scott Oasis stomps his foot for emphasis, wiping a bit of sweat from his brow.)
Scott Oasis: There’s no better feeling than going all in on a task, pushing through adversity to accomplish a goal. It’s far more than “serious” when you’re out there in the thick of things having to bust somebody’s head! When your opponent is standing in front of you, applying that pressure and dedicating every fiber of their being towards making you submit to them! You’re in the midst of a struggle of a lifetime while your team is out there watching, counting on you to come through….you’ve been beaten up, you’re tired, you’ve mentally exhausted every move in your arsenal. You’re running on an emptying tank of gas and you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. You want this! You feel like you need this! None of the pain matters! The steepness of your tribulations becomes irrelevant! Your enemy might be a daunting task but you’re going to run into it head on and keep coming back until you run through it to the other side! The light at the end of the tunnel: success! You dig deep and you go beyond what you’ve been deemed capable of! You put your heart into getting the victory and you prevail! You make your circle proud, you do your trainer justice, you do yourself justice and you make sure nobody can ever doubt the fact that you’ve got a set. You aren’t some kid, you’re a champion! Can you not feel this moment as I describe it! Do you not know what it’s like to have your heart pounding, feeling that adrenaline rushing through your veins as you’re going to war?
Kid #4: We’re 14, we can’t go to the army.
Scott Oasis: ……..T.T., get out of my sight. Go get water, kick your own ass, do whatever.
(Scott Oasis shakes his head again and sighs.)
Scott Oasis: That boy ain’t right. You young men don’t see the fact that wrestling is an art. You all are participating in a timeless American institution that only the finest should be able to say they’re a part of! Thousands of great men have paved the way for you to walk out of that locker room and have at it, and you follow up what they’re doing by squandering your potential? You know how many presidents wrestled!? LINCOLN. TAFT. EISENHOWER. They’d probably be Gator Rolling in their graves! It’s this goofball, laidback philosophy you all have that has made me want to put on a pair of boots and go to the Project Honor promotion. I know a lot of those so-called professionals are tainting your minds about what rasslin’ really is! Putting cliques and comedy first! Constant complaining! No emphasis on abilities! INTERGENDER wrestling being so viable! You know as I was walking down the hall I saw a boy with a game console - he passed on playing as the likes of Jason Long, Kevin Hunter to play as someone named “Emmanuelle?” Some Joshi girl?
(A few kids gasp with Scott during his moment of embarrassment as they begin to relate to what he’s saying.)
Scott Oasis: People’s perception of wrestling is going on the decline from the top down! If I can’t whip yall into shape by hammering drills into your head, I’ll do it by putting all of these big time superstars in their place. Show them the fundamentals, restoring the feeling and whatnot. That is why I’m Warrior Rising Champion and who I’m facing is a good example of what I’m talking about. Who I’m debuting against is actually a good example of what I’m talking about. Emmanuelle thinks she's hot shit with all of the fancy flips and her goofy attitude, but she's going to be put in her place LIVE in front of the whole world! I will show her what a real wrestler is. Just like i'll show you all! GO!
(Scott Oasis hassles the boys, frightening them into hurrying up as they all leave the huddle and begin running around, the intensity being increased by Scott feverishly blowing his whistle as the scene fades.)
Kid #1: Sir, why are we doing this? I thought this was meant to be The Big Drip fan club --
Scott Oasis: If you’re a fan of Big Drip then you’re a fan of the new wave of wrestling I’m leading! You care about the future of my profession! You want to see exciting, entertaining, QUALITY wrestlers. You know who else is getting lessons like these? TJ THOMPSON! YUNG SAUCE! PETEY!
Kid #2: (mutters) I doubt it…..
Scott Oasis: And they all have next in this business, I tell ya!
(The entire class is showing their abilities for Scott while he watches intently. Scott walks down the side length of the court, doing a review of each individual match and taking glancing looks at his papers to scribble down notes. As Scott gets to the end of the court and has fully looked over all of the exhibitions, he shakes his head to himself in disapproval.)
Scott Oasis: No, no, no. This is no good.
(Scott lifts the whistle to his lips and sounds off, instantly catching the attention of all his students. His boys all let out expressions of concern and then straighten up, running to him into a huddle.)
Scott Oasis: Gather around boys, gather around.
(The kids are all standing in front of Scott as he pauses for a beat, letting his disappointment speak through his body language.)
Scott Oasis: You know how I feel about people BS’ing their way through drills, especially when they can do so much better.
Kid #1: We were all doing what you said, Mr. Oasis!
Kid #2: I tried my best out there!
Kid #3: We ALL did!
Scott Oasis: False on both ends! I watched it with my own two, experienced eyes! What was going on before me was a disgrace to each and every single one of those mats! You boys were gassing out! Working sloppy! Holding back on aggression! None of you were truly competing to win! None of you were giving it one hundred ten percent! I WAS NOT SEEING THE COMMITMENT! Damn it boys, have you all learned NOTHING under me!? Is this what you’re going to give me when I’m taking time out of my day to help you young bucks; a piss poor performance? The poor sap who has to take this role after me is going to be coming in and seeing a bunch of soft, sorry sacks of mush that refuse to make anything of themselves! Spending their time on horseplay and fluttering around like a gaggle of girls instead of sitting under the tree of knowledge and honing their craft!
Kid #4: It’s not that serious, Mr. Oasis --
Scott Oasis: COACH! Scott! I ain’t one of those pencil neck teachers in your computer classes or a jackass doing business in Wall Street. Address me how you would in an athletic space! An athletic space that, YES, is that serious BOY! Sports are the backbone of this country, and wrestling is one of the biggest examples as to why that’s so! The oldest form of competition in the world! The ultimate test to see who you are as a man! A test in perseverance, stamina, strategizing and pure will! I’m talking about something that showcases humanity at its apex, with people in peak physical condition and incredible condition - GLADIATORS - battling in front of a crowd with pride and honor on the line! Wrestling is a world that invites hypercompetitiveness and rewards excellence! Your reputation grows with each step towards improvement! The crowds cheer a little bit louder every time you come out in front of them to fight your heart out! When you Emmanuelle your gear and accept a match you are stepping up for an opportunity to build your long lasting legacy. People don't forget the game winners. They also will never stop speaking about ‘em when they perform memorably, going beyond simply trying to win. You become a permanent topic of water cooler talk when you set the standard and show your peers how it is Emmanuellee. When you put your mind to something, train your ass off and cement yourself as the best with nothing but pure work ethic. I want you to enjoy yourselves, but also want you to be PASSIONATE!
(Scott Oasis stomps his foot for emphasis, wiping a bit of sweat from his brow.)
Scott Oasis: There’s no better feeling than going all in on a task, pushing through adversity to accomplish a goal. It’s far more than “serious” when you’re out there in the thick of things having to bust somebody’s head! When your opponent is standing in front of you, applying that pressure and dedicating every fiber of their being towards making you submit to them! You’re in the midst of a struggle of a lifetime while your team is out there watching, counting on you to come through….you’ve been beaten up, you’re tired, you’ve mentally exhausted every move in your arsenal. You’re running on an emptying tank of gas and you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. You want this! You feel like you need this! None of the pain matters! The steepness of your tribulations becomes irrelevant! Your enemy might be a daunting task but you’re going to run into it head on and keep coming back until you run through it to the other side! The light at the end of the tunnel: success! You dig deep and you go beyond what you’ve been deemed capable of! You put your heart into getting the victory and you prevail! You make your circle proud, you do your trainer justice, you do yourself justice and you make sure nobody can ever doubt the fact that you’ve got a set. You aren’t some kid, you’re a champion! Can you not feel this moment as I describe it! Do you not know what it’s like to have your heart pounding, feeling that adrenaline rushing through your veins as you’re going to war?
Kid #4: We’re 14, we can’t go to the army.
Scott Oasis: ……..T.T., get out of my sight. Go get water, kick your own ass, do whatever.
(Scott Oasis shakes his head again and sighs.)
Scott Oasis: That boy ain’t right. You young men don’t see the fact that wrestling is an art. You all are participating in a timeless American institution that only the finest should be able to say they’re a part of! Thousands of great men have paved the way for you to walk out of that locker room and have at it, and you follow up what they’re doing by squandering your potential? You know how many presidents wrestled!? LINCOLN. TAFT. EISENHOWER. They’d probably be Gator Rolling in their graves! It’s this goofball, laidback philosophy you all have that has made me want to put on a pair of boots and go to the Project Honor promotion. I know a lot of those so-called professionals are tainting your minds about what rasslin’ really is! Putting cliques and comedy first! Constant complaining! No emphasis on abilities! INTERGENDER wrestling being so viable! You know as I was walking down the hall I saw a boy with a game console - he passed on playing as the likes of Jason Long, Kevin Hunter to play as someone named “Emmanuelle?” Some Joshi girl?
(A few kids gasp with Scott during his moment of embarrassment as they begin to relate to what he’s saying.)
Scott Oasis: People’s perception of wrestling is going on the decline from the top down! If I can’t whip yall into shape by hammering drills into your head, I’ll do it by putting all of these big time superstars in their place. Show them the fundamentals, restoring the feeling and whatnot. That is why I’m Warrior Rising Champion and who I’m facing is a good example of what I’m talking about. Who I’m debuting against is actually a good example of what I’m talking about. Emmanuelle thinks she's hot shit with all of the fancy flips and her goofy attitude, but she's going to be put in her place LIVE in front of the whole world! I will show her what a real wrestler is. Just like i'll show you all! GO!
(Scott Oasis hassles the boys, frightening them into hurrying up as they all leave the huddle and begin running around, the intensity being increased by Scott feverishly blowing his whistle as the scene fades.)